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Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users?

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barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2017, Cydrome Leader wrote:
> 
>> barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2017, Ts of Og wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 2:10:02 PM UTC-5, barbie gee wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 22 Oct 2017, core wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 23:53:54 -0500, barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I bought a Google Home Mini, because it was cheap, and seemed like a fun
>>>>>>> idea.  But now, I'm seeing that there's some really basic shit it cannot
>>>>>>> do, without IFTTT, or some other kludgey crapola.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hear Alexa is a little more robust, but still, isn't quite providing the
>>>>>>> services I would want...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What say you?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What kind of 'services' are you looking for?  They keep adding stuff
>>>>>> continuously.. An echo dot is the same price as the googly thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What are you looking for it to do and I can tell you if the echo will
>>>>>> do it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, for example;
>>>>> on my phone, I can say, "ok google, note to self", and i can send myself
>>>>> some info via email.  But Google Home (Assistant?) cannot do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to make a to-do list, and put items in a certain list, not just
>>>>> pile them all into the grocery "shopping list", that they've now mashed
>>>>> into Google Express.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's just "stupider" than what I can do with my voice on my phone or
>>>>> tablet.  I was hoping it would be more similar, so I'd basically have an
>>>>> "always on" listener, instead of having to wake up my phone, swipe, talk
>>>>> and wait.
>>>>>
>>>>> .max has an echo dot. I'll have to do some comparing, but given how cheap
>>>>> they are, maybe I should buy one of THOSE, too!
>>>>
>>>> Sorry that yours hands are so arthritic as to prevent jotting down notes with pencil :(
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, I can write notes.  I gathered up almost a dozen pads of paper with
>>> notes on them.  And Post-its.  And other random scraps of paper.
>>>
>>> When I think of something, anything, that I want to remember, I want it
>>> all to go to one place.  Pads of paper are nice, but I have to keep that
>>> pad of paper with me always, everywhere, if I'm going to keep all my shit
>>> in one place.  NOT POSSIBLE.  If I could direct ALL my notes to a single
>>> place, just by speaking it, THAT would be a super solution!
>>
>> Don't delay!
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/291923849839
>>
> 
> Voice recorders failed me, been there done that.

Really? I can understand how Nelson and a pocket protector full of scraps 
of paper didn't really cut it, but how did you fail with a memo recorder?

I dusted off my tape deck earlier this week and played some 20 year old 
tapes. Looking for the older ones to try out next.

The sound quality is poor, but they probably weren't all that great when 
recorded off the radio anyways. There seems to be some sort of CD to mix 
tape action in the pile of tapes too. I think it was 2001 when the real 
walkman finally wasn't worth fixing anymore. Mine had the stupid fucking 
plastic gear that molded around metal that split as the plastic aged. 

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Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-10-21 23:53 -0500
  Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2017-10-22 12:01 +0000
    Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-11-07 03:23 +0000
  Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? core <core@pt40.net> - 2017-10-22 23:41 -0500
    Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-10-26 14:02 -0500
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? core <core@pt40.net> - 2017-10-26 21:34 -0500
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Ts of Og <jgrove24@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-03 16:35 -0700
        Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-11-11 23:08 -0600
          Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-11-26 05:59 +0000
            Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-11-28 20:06 -0600
              Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-12-03 01:31 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-12-13 22:58 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-12-17 23:28 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-12-23 10:19 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Michele <goaway@noseytwats.com> - 2017-12-25 21:35 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Don Seeley <see-sig@fakedomain.com> - 2017-12-28 15:57 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2018-01-05 23:16 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2018-01-06 10:37 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2018-01-07 04:16 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> - 2018-01-14 04:41 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2018-01-18 03:05 +0000
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> - 2017-11-05 09:11 +0000
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